Cagliari vs Spezia    (won)

A single point separates Cagliari from newly promoted Spezia ahead of their meeting at the Sardegna Arena on Sunday. Eusebio Di Francesco’s men beat Hellas Verona 2-1 in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday and aim to bounce back from a defeat to Juventus in the League. The Casteddu sit 10th in Serie A, but must cope without Nahitan Nandez, Diego Godin and Giovanni Simeone. The latter seems set to be replaced by Leonardo Pavoletti.

Spezia have a long list of absentees themselves, but propose a big threat to Cagliari, having only lost once in their last five League games. Since the 4-1 defeat to Juventus, the newly promoted side have picked up four points in two games, including a 0-0 draw with Atalanta last time.

Cagliari have only kept one clean sheet in their last seven League games, conceding at least two goals in the other six, while Spezia play proactive rather than sit in their half and wait so we could see here that 3 goals.

Probable line-ups:

Cagliari  (4-2-3-1): Cragno; Zappa, Walukiewicz, Klavan, Tripaldelli; Marin, Rog; Ounas, Joao Pedro, Sottil; Pavoletti

Injured: Nandez, Ciocci, Luvumbo, Lykogiannis, Godin, Ceppitelli, Simeone

Spezia  (4-3-3): Provedel; Mattiello, Terzi, Erlic, Bastoni; Acampora, Maggiore, Ricci; Farias, Nzola, Gyasi

Injured: Zoet, Ramos, Dell’Orco, Galabinov, Verde, Leo Sena